Today's front pages: Bomb plots and armed police
26 May
Coverage of the hunt to find out more how Monday night's suicide bombing at Manchester Arena occurred dominates the front pages again this morning.
The Times claims suicide bomber Salman Abedi planned the attack for a year, using a rented flat to make the bomb and a dormant bank fund to buy shrapnel.
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The Sun leads with photos from inside the flat where Abedi spent the days leading up to the attack.
The Daily Mail and The Guardian run with Theresa May's plea to foreign leaders to clamp down on social media to stem the flow of extremist material.
Jeremy Corbyn's return to campaigning makes the headlines in the Daily Telegraph, which reports on the Labour leader's speech later today in which he is due to say "UK wars [are] to blame for terror".
The Daily Express leads on the Queen's visit to patients injured in the bombing, which she described as "very wicked".
Meanwhile, the Financial Times splashes on US President Donald Trump saying he was "worried" about US intelligence leaks regarding the Manchester attack.
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